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Prodigal

Prodigal can be used to predict protein-coding genes for prokaryotic genomes. The bundle packages version 2.6.3.

Usage example

The following command can be executed in the terminal to load the bundle:

module load prodigal

The module makes the prodigal command available. The prodigal_shell command can be used to access a shell in the bundle.

Run pet list -t prodigal for a list of examples.

Performance notes

No performance notes available

Prodigal should be run on a system with at least 8 GB of RAM and 2 threads.

Benchmarks

No benchmarks available.

Community guides and tutorials

  • No community guides available.

Official site and documentation

Licensing information

Prodigal is licensed under the GPLv3 license.

Primary citation

Hyatt, D., Chen, GL., LoCascio, P.F. et al. Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification. BMC Bioinformatics 11, 119 (2010). doi

External guides and resources

  • If you know of a guide/tutorial that you have found useful, please help us share it by contacting the HPC staff at hpc@ufs.ac.za